CT 53, 362 (P313776)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 362 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313776 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa15 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [......] ... "[...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......] "the fort sho[uld be ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] "it [should] be watched over; and [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [......] "fetc[h] for your watch [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...... "F]ear [not], be con[fident]! |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [......] "Gua[rd] this [fo]rt!" |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...... Th]is is what he c[opied] from it. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [......]... knows [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [......] let him guard, and [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [......] before the (city) gate of [...] |
| Obverse [10:12] o 11'11'–o 12'12' | [......] "the out[er side] |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x]-⸢ri⸣ ma-[a x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x ma]-a {uru}HAL.ṢU ⸢lu⸣ [x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x lu] ⸢har⸣-da-at u₃ ma-[a x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x] ⸢a⸣-na EN.NUN-ku-nu šud\p-⸢da⸣ [o] | |
| 5' | [x x x x la ta]-⸢pal⸣-la-ha ma-a lu ra\y-⸢ah⸣-[ṣa-ku-nu] | |
| 6' | [x x x x {uru}HAL].ṢU ha-an-ni-tu₂ uṣ-[ra] | |
| 7' | [x x x x x an]-ni-u ša TA@v\m ŠA₃-bi ⸢iš⸣-[x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x]-⸢ra\y⸣-bi u₂-du-u-ni [x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x] li-iṣ-ṣur u₃ am-[x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x x] pa-an KA₂.GAL ša ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ma-a gi-⸢da⸣-[a-ni] | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x x x⸣+[x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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